Monday, May 4, 2015

The headlines in most places were entirely predictable:
“UN Says Israel Killed 44 Palestinians in Schools During Gaza War.” That
was indeed one finding of a UN report published Monday — but only part
of the story.
The report also confirmed something Israel’s been saying all along:
Hamas stored mortars and other weapons in at least three UN schools
during last summer’s war and fired rockets at Israel from two of them.
Israel repeatedly made that point during the conflict to explain why
it was firing on schools (and mosques and hospitals) where Palestinians
had taken refuge.
Because Hamas, desperate to win world sympathy by any means, has
always been happy to use Palestinian innocents as human shields — the
more casualties, the better.Keep reading…